Former President Donald Trump’s bid for a second term is generating a lot of constitutional questions, which is keeping Professor Jason Mazzone busy. Writing at the News-Gazette, Mazzone explores the question of whether a state has the power to exclude a candidate from the ballot because of the insurrection act. He examines what the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. Anderson and where his understanding of the Constitution differs from the justices.
Read his full opinion piece on the News-Gazette website.